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Google Chrome Will Soon Let You Permanently Mute Websites

We all have come across annoying websites that start playing videos with music switched on as soon as the user lands on them. While Chrome always had the option to mute these websites, it seems like Google will soon be adding a feature to provide a much better option to avoid

R.I.P. Gchat: You Let Us Pretend We Were Working – and That We Were Really Connecting

HIGHLIGHTS Google has shut down its Google Talk (aka Gchat, Gtalk) chat service The Google Talk service came into existence back in 2005 Gtalk users will have to switch to Hangouts Gchat was born the day after Hurricane Katrina: Aug. 24, 2005. The latter made landfall in

Twitter may soon let you edit your tweets

Bringing more controls to the platform, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that the company was thinking to bring editing functionality to tweets. According to a report on the Variety on Thursday, Dorsey made these remarks as part of an impromptu public town hall with Twitter users, asking

Time to Change a Diaper or Car Tire? Futuristic Fabrics Will Let You Know

A new nonprofit will seek to speed the arrival of next-generation fabrics that can store energy, control their own temperature, change color and behave like computer sensors. MIT professor Yoel Fink, who is leading the effort, envisions the creation of an entire new industry: textiles for the